vacation - leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"leisure, leisure time - time available for ease and relaxation; "his job left him little leisure" half-term - a short vacation about halfway through a school term; "he came to visit at half-term" vac - informal term for vacation honeymoon - a holiday taken by a newly married couple paid vacation - a vacation from work by an employee with pay granted |